Mary, being, well, Mary!

Mary's 1st Birthday Party

Mary's party was fun! It was held at our small house, so unfortunately we could not invite everyone we would have loved to have spent the day with. However, we had a wonderful time and Mary truly enjoyed the day, and her birthday cake!

Today we had Mary's 1 year pictures done, 3 days early, but close enough. She wasn't very happy about it, especially since I had to wake her up from her nap to get her ready. She had already slept for 2 hours, I figured she'd be ok, but she was not a very happy camper. So, after much throwing in the air and many silly noises, she finally made some of her typical silly faces. Hope you enjoy!

Here are some pictures of our adorable Mary eating sloppy joe's for the first time! As you can see from the pictures, she loved it!

Mary's Pool

Mary got her first little pool the other day, thanks to Daddy. She wasn't very happy with it after a few minutes, but it could have been that she didn't have a nap that day! If you have children, you understand this. Even if she didn't love it at the moment, she was sure adorable in her little bathing suit!

Ok, I just have to be the proud Mommy and post some more pictures of my adorable baby girl!

Mother's Day

Yesterday was my first mother's day. It was wonderful and it was all because of my beautiful baby girl. See pictures and you will know why we feel so blessed! It is hard to imagine our life before she was here.

Well, here goes nothing! I am making an attempt to write about our life as the Garrisons. We started this journey September 3rd, 2006 with our wedding. We added to our family of 3 on June 23rd, 2008 with the addition of baby Mary Victoria. This has been an amazing journey that I am so proud of.

I now have 2 amazing girls, my 14 year old stepdaughter and now baby Mary. My poor husband, he is in a house full of estrogen!

Josh is working for an auto glass company again. He seems to be happy and working more than ever! I am working for Philadelphia Insurance Companies out of Tempe, AZ and I love it. I am lucky to have wonderful coworkers. Jordan is going to a charter school that she loves. She is involved in dance/cheer. She seems to really enjoy it. Also, there are apparently a lot of cute boys there, which is very important in your teen years! Mary is in daycare and everyone there loves her. They give her way too much attention, so she is quickly becoming spoiled!

I will post more when I figure this all out and upload photos as soon as possible. Have a wonderful day!